Angus Trumble Angus Trumble i(A73214 works by)
Born: Established: 1964 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: Aug 2022
Gender: Male
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1 2 y separately published work icon Helena Rubinstein : The Australian Years Angus Trumble , Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2023 26030147 2023 single work biography

'The captivating story of the first global cosmetics empire, the fascinating woman who built it, and the past she preferred to leave behind

'This meticulously researched and wryly entertaining portrait of Helena Rubinstein (1872-1965) focuses on the years she spent in Australia as a young woman, recovering a 'lost' chapter in the grand narrative of the woman who created one of the first global cosmetics corporations. At its height, Rubinstein's brand was synonymous with elegance and employed 30,000 women around the world.

'Rubinstein arrived in Australia from Poland when she was twenty-three years old. She lived in Australia for the next eleven years, working first as a governess and then as a waitress, before opening her first beauty salon in Melbourne.

'In later years, owing to the degree of control she exercised over her glamorous image, many details of her early life in Australia were suppressed. But the events she airbrushed out of her own myth reveal the surprising origins of her extraordinary rise. In this absorbing book, we see her laying the foundations for a global empire.

'With a foreword by Sarah Krasnostein' (Publication summary)

1 Visionary Gave the Nation Its Face Angus Trumble , 2015 single work obituary (for Andrew Sayers )
— Appears in: The Australian , 14 October 2015; (p. 14)
1 Best Books of the Year Patrick Allington , Dennis Altman , Don Anderson , Carmel Bird , Nicholas Birns , Alison Broinowski , Jo Case , Glyn Davis , Gillian Dooley , Andrea Goldsmith , Lisa Gorton , Rodney Hall , Kate Holden , Jacqueline Kent , James Ley , Patrick McCaughey , Brian McFarlane , Brenda Niall , Peter Pierce , Angus Trumble , Geordie Williamson , Thuy On , Stephanie Owen Reeder , Mike Shuttleworth , Ruth Starke , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 327 2010; (p. 38-43)
Australian writers and reviewers each nominate their best books of 2010. Some of the books listed are by Australian writers.
1 2 y separately published work icon The Finger : A Handbook Angus Trumble , New York (City) : Farrar Straus and Giroux , 2010 Z1720637 2010 selected work essay
1 A Letter of Introduction 'for Mr Andrew M McCrae and his Four Sons' Angus Trumble , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , May no. 83 2009; (p. 109-112)
Reprints and discusses the consequences of a recently discovered letter of introduction by Georgiana McCrae's stepmother to a relative of the Governor of Victoria, Sir Charles Hotham, and the precarious financial situation in which the McCraes found themselves in 1853-54.
1 Best Books of the Year Judith Armstrong , Judith Beveridge , Geoffrey Blainey , Neal Blewett , James Bradley , Ian Britain , Alison Broinowski , Glyn Davis , Ian Donaldson , Delia Falconer , Morag Fraser , Anna Goldsworthy , Fiona Gruber , Nicholas Jose , Beverley Kingston , James Ley , Patrick McCaughey , Brian McFarlane , Peter Pierce , Dorothy Porter , Angus Trumble ,